Can You be Googled?
When designing a website, one of the first things you’ll hear about is “SEO”- Search Engine Optimization. One of the top goals of any website is to show up on the top of that first page when somebody does an Internet search. Search engine providers use things known as “crawlers” or “robots” which constantly search the Internet to build up their database of search terms and sites. If you’re managing a website, you want to use terms that these “robots” will latch on to. Give it a...
read moreDeclarations of Independence (7/4/14)
As we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July holiday, we express our thanks for the freedoms we are blessed with in this country. But God gives us more than civil freedoms. We’re surrounded by God’s grace and freedoms that are expressed in a variety of ways. Here are a few expressions of freedom… The US Declaration of Independence. The 4th of July holiday celebrates the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Click below to open up the entire text of the Declaration of Independence… Click here to learn...
read moreWhy Go to Church???
Here’s an interesting thought from an email that’s been floating around lately… Why go to Church? If you’re spiritually alive, you’re going to love this! If you’re spiritually dead, you won’t want to read it. If you’re spiritually curious, there is still hope! Why Go To Church? A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard...
read moreThere Must Be 50 Ways (to welcome a pastor)
On Sunday July 6 we will welcome Jim and Judy Bolton and their daughters to Pitman. As we begin to embrace Rev. Bolton as our pastor, here are some practical things we should be doing. Check out the following link… http://www.churchleadership.com/50Ways/NewPastor.html?id=tweet20140515
read moreBLAST to Bite into a Rivershark’s Game! (9/6/14)
Take me out to the ball game… to kick off BLAST. We are planning a family trip to the Camden Riversharks Game on: Saturday, September 6th at 5:35 PM Reservations needed by Tuesday July 1! We need a minimum of 20 people. If your family is interested in going to the game, please contact Andrea Kier, or drop an email to BLAST@PitmanUMC.org. Please respond no later than Tuesday, July 1st, with the number of people attending, so that we can reserve the tickets. + + + + + + + + + + For more information about what BLAST (our...
read moreBuilt to Serve (6/15/14)
Pastor Larry gave his final sermon at PUMC on June 15. The title was “Built to Serve” and the scripture was Galatians 5:1-13… Galatians 5:1-13 Gal 5:1-15… So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. 2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you...
read moreCongregation says Goodbye to Pastor Larry and Pastor Kee (6/15/14)
Sunday June June 15 was Father’s Day, but another issue weighed on our minds as we worshiped on that morning. Several months ago it was announced that the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference had decided to not re-appoint Rev. Dr. Larry Potts to our church as our senior pastor. Instead, he will be appointed to the Franklinville UMC. In addition, our Associate Pastor, Rev. Kee Young Yang will be appointed as the senior pastor of the St. Paul’s UMC in Bayhead NJ. Pastors in the United Methodist Church are appointed by the...
read moreGrace Rains Down
“Don’t Put Up Umbrellas When Grace Rains Down” What is Grace? How’s it Rain Down??? Grace is when we get something that we don’t deserve. Mercy is when we DON’T get something that we DO deserve. Genesis chapter 3 tells us that there’s something messed up within humankind that makes us want to love ourselves more than God. Somehow wired within us is this pride that makes us want to try to get along without God, or even to think that we could do a better job of being in charge of the universe than...
read morePastor Transition Schedule (6/22 – 6/29)
Last night (June 8) we celebrated the ministry of our pastors; Rev. Kee Young Yang and Rev. Dr. Larry Potts. But our time with them is running short. Here’s the schedule for the upcoming Sundays during this transition period… June 15 Pastor Larry and Pastor Kee’s last Sunday with us. June 22 No clergy will be present, but God’s work continues. The choirs will lead a service looking back at our heritage and praising God for our church. It will be a celebration of God’s faithfulness. Click Here to read more...
read more“Support Our Troops” Coupons- Mission Completed!
Because the cost of sending coupons to “Support Our Troops” now exceeds the benefit, the Missions Committee has decided to discontinue this ministry. If anyone wishes to send coupons on their own, please see Mary Conover or Grace Kier for instructions. Thank you to everyone who has so faithfully supported this mission.
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